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Demand for Mental Health Inpatient Beds in England (BBC News / NHS Strategy Unit)

Posted on November 12, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Hundreds more NHS mental health beds would be required in England to end the practice of sending patients far from home for treatment (so called “out-of-area placements”). An NHS Strategy Unit report explores the pressures on inpatient mental health … Continue reading →

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Demcare Research: On the Management of Challenging Behaviour in People With Dementia at Home and in Care Homes (NIHR)

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A highly detailed and intensive collection of research activity concentrated on various aspects of the management of challenging behaviour in care homes (“ResCare”) and in family care at home (“FamCare”). “This research programme on dementia care found neither staff … Continue reading →

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Assessing the Effectiveness of Crisis Teams for the Management of Older People With Dementia (Clinical Interventions in Aging)

Posted on October 24, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A recent systematic review of the literature, scoping the roles of crisis intervention teams working with older people with dementia, and attempting to assess their effectiveness, was performed. The authors were able to find only limited evidence that crisis … Continue reading →

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Dementia Assessment and Referral to GPs: DeAR-GP (NICE / HIN)

Posted on June 10, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary It was already known that between 75% – 89% of care home residents have dementia, but many of these persons do not receive a diagnosis. The Health Innovation Network (HIN) worked with five care homes to design the Dementia … Continue reading →

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Re-Evaluating the Effectiveness of Joint Reminiscence Groups: the REMCARE Trial (PLoS One)

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The REMCARE Trial investigated the relative benefits and effectiveness of joint reminiscence groups, i.e. reminiscence therapy interventions involving people with dementia and their family carers together. The researchers did not find evidence supporting the clinical effectiveness or cost-effectiveness of … Continue reading →

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Exploring the Emerging Framework For Integrated Personal Commissioning (NHS England / LGA)

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England and the Local Government Association (LGA) have published their Integrated Personal Commissioning (IPC) Emerging Framework. The aim is to enable patients and their families to commission their own care through personal budgets. This framework explains the future … Continue reading →

Self-Care and the Patient Activation Measure (PAM) Tool (NHS England)

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England has announced availability of an evidence-based tool designed to assist patients in obtaining person-centred support to manage their own care. The Patient Activation Measure (PAM) is a tool in the armoury of the Self-Care Programme, and is … Continue reading →

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Joint Declaration on Post-Diagnostic Dementia Care and Support (NHS England / Department of Health / BBC News)

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Attention is again drawn to the joint declaration, spanning “government, health, social care and the third sector” (announced earlier in January 2016), which aims to improve the quality of services for persons with dementia, and their families / carers. … Continue reading →

Opportunities for Better Integration of Physical and Mental Health (King’s Fund)

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The NHS Five Year Forward View touched upon the importance of better integration between physical and mental health services. Building on the NHS England Mental Health Taskforce’s recommendations, the following King’s Fund report explores this “integration frontier” in more … Continue reading →

Mental Health: Time To Change Support for Stigma Reduction (Time To Change / BBC News / NHS England)

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Time to Change, the mental health anti-stigma campaign, and NHS England have together developed a training pack to support mental health professionals in tackling stigma and discrimination in NHS mental health and illness services. These resources are available to … Continue reading →

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